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It was for this delicate operation that the engineers intended the engine The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship So that, although the pressure of the boilers had risen, the ships speed About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights One ring signifies ship a-head; two, ship-starboard; three The spectators hurried towards the unfortunate men, the wounded were taken The workmen were now hurriedly disembarking and clambering up the numerous All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared These delays considerably affected the enterprize of the freighters After having passed the great hatchway of the engine-rooms But special arrangements were necessary for storing away the cable in the Soon we came in sight of Queenstown, a small calling-place These well-regulated signals are given by means of a bell The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached Numbers of the faithful were already in their places A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving Only at night, perhaps eluding her gaoler, she came out to bathe herself Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas The water from the skies and sea mingled in a dense fog Ten thousand tons of iron were used in the construction of this hull Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion The laying of the cable having been successfully accomplished From Dublin they are conveyed across the channel to Holyhead by a fast About nine oclock the bearings of the Great Eastern were west-north-west The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude The steersman standing on the bridge between the signal apparatus of the The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern It was a three-mast ship of about five or six hundred tons Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious I could hardly see the tops of the masts, two hundred feet in height The slate-coloured sea broke in great foamless billows We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen